In an era where sales of individual tracks are more and more the norm, Pink Floyd has won a court battle to keep their catalog as complete albums.
Back in March, the group won a court case against EMI who had contended that a 1999 contract that stated that Floyd's music must be sold in complete albums did not have provisions for the new digital medium and that they could sell individual tracks on sites like iTunes and Amazon. At that time, Judge Andrew Morritt, the clause was in the contract to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums."
EM:I took the decision to England's Court of Appeals and, on Tuesday, once again lost, meaning that they must change their digital product to be available only in albums. Also part of the suit is the group's allegation that EMI owes them $15.7 million in royalties from 2002 to 2007.
The members of Pink Floyd may want to collect quickly on the ruling as EMI, as an entity, may be transferring ownership in the next ten days from Terra Firma to Citigroup as the former has not been able to come up with a workable financial plan.
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